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Peer-Reviewed Research Database

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Every compound-food link in CompKitchen comes from a peer-reviewed source. Search 38,144 flavor-relevant papers — part of a 44,648-paper indexed corpus — on aroma compounds, odor thresholds, GC-MS analyses, and sensory studies that power the pairing engine.

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Unsupervised Recovery of Food Taxonomy from Volatile Compound Profiles: A UMAP Analysis of 450 Ingredients

Without supervision or human-coded labels, a UMAP projection of 7,464 volatile compounds across 450 ingredients reproduces conventional food categories — and surfaces cross-category molecular bridges that traditional culinary intuition misses.

Johnson, M. C. (2026). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459

More original analyses in queue — Rychlik integration writeup and per-compound OAV audits.

44,648
Papers indexed
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Ingredients cited ⓘ
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Compounds indexed
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2024 gc ms

Comparative study of the chemical composition, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activity of the essential oils extracted from <i>Lavandula abrialis</i> and <i>Lavandula stoechas</i>: <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in silico</i> analysis.

This work aims to add value to the <i>Lavandula</i> genus by identifying the chemical composition, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activities of two species lavender from Oulmès in... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 38591060 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1353385 Full text on PMC
2024 Heliyon gc ms

A cleaner and eco-friendly approach to simultaneous extraction and characterization of essential oil and pectin from Assam lemon peel and its application for energy generation through TENG devices.

Scientists have been working on developing a green bio-TENG for portable remote devices, including wearables in the biomedical sector. The process involves obtaining pectin, a gree... Read full abstract on PubMed →

PMID: 39165985 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32999 Full text on PMC
2024 aroma analysis

Influence of the malting conditions on the modification and variation in the physicochemical properties and volatile composition of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), rye (Secale cereale L.), and quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) malts.

The traditional malted cereal used primarily for beverages is barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), while rye (Secale cereale L.) is mainly used in baked goods. In contrast, quinoa (Chenopo... Read full abstract on PubMed →

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Sources: PubMed (US National Library of Medicine), Semantic Scholar, Europe PMC, CORE. Papers are selected by targeted search queries for each ingredient and compound in our database.